At a glance
- Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- Gifted & talented program
- AP rigor: Bottom 29% of US high schools
- SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 43% by test-taker volume
- 4-yr grad rate: 96% (2023-24, Florida DOE School Grades)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts graduation data, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
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How James Madison Preparatory High School compares for families
What families should know about James Madison Preparatory High School.
- ▸ LocallyFL sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: MADISON COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, JEFFERSON SCHOOLS K-12, FLORIDA A&M UNIVERSITY DEVELOPMENTAL RESEARCH SCHOOL and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 43% by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
Federal Title I context
Lower-need school
Not Title I eligible (FRPL < 25%)
<25% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Well below the Title I threshold; expect a higher-income student body on average.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
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The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $6,541/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
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Florida School Grade
Florida's official A–F school grade.
Every Florida public school earns an annual A–F grade from the state — the single signal Florida families (and the housing market) watch most. It rolls achievement, learning gains, graduation, and college/career readiness into one letter.
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A high school's grade is the percent of possible points across up to 11 components — English/math achievement and learning gains, science & social-studies achievement, the 4-year graduation rate, and College & Career Acceleration: the share of graduates who earned college credit (via AP, IB, AICE, or dual enrollment) or an industry certification. Letter cutoffs: A ≥ 62%, B ≥ 54%, C ≥ 41%, D ≥ 32%, F below.
Source: Florida Department of Education, School Grades, 2023-24. Graduation rate & College/Career Acceleration components reflect the prior cohort year, per FLDOE's grading model.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the most reliable early indicator that a student will leave a school — either by transferring out, dropping out, or matriculating to a charter or private alternative. At this level, today's absentees become next year's enrollment loss and the year-after's revenue loss.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2021 total enrollment.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -1.4%/year, projecting from 2024's 180 students:
A small or specialty program — naive trend math doesn't capture the school's full picture. Read the trend as directional, not predictive.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MADISON COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL MADISON |
Public | 0.3 | 464 | +1.1% |
| JEFFERSON SCHOOLS K-12 MONTICELLO |
Public | 25.3 | 180 | -45.0% |
| FLORIDA A&M UNIVERSITY DEVELOPMENTAL RESEARCH SCHOOL TALLAHASSEE |
Public | 49.9 | 172 | -6.0% |
| CROSSROAD ACADEMY QUINCY |
Public · charter | 66.1 | 161 | -1.8% |
| BELMONT ACADEMY LAKE CITY |
Public · charter | 54.3 | 227 | +20.7% |
| BABIES/TAP MONTICELLO |
Public | 25.3 | — | — |
| SANTA FE COLLEGE ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GAINSVILLE |
Public · charter | 82.6 | 133 | +82.2% |
| TAYLOR COUNTY JAIL SERVICES PERRY |
Public | 26.1 | — | — |
At a glance
JSON · Using this page with an AI assistantJames Madison Preparatory High School is a public high school in Madison, FL, enrolling 180 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
51 students took the SAT or ACT in the most recent federal count, a participation level above 43% of U.S. high schools.
Its federal four-year graduation rate was about 95% in the latest EDFacts release.
Florida gave it a school grade of C with a graduation rate of 96%.
It has about 180 students per school counselor.
20% of its students were chronically absent in 2020.
Sources: National Center for Education Statistics (enrollment), the federal Civil Rights Data Collection and EDFacts, state education agencies where named, and the school's own published documents where named.
Questions families ask
What is James Madison Preparatory High School's graduation rate? James Madison Preparatory High School's federal four-year graduation rate was about 95% in the latest EDFacts release.
How many students attend James Madison Preparatory High School? James Madison Preparatory High School is a public high school in Madison, FL, enrolling 180 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
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